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Via LLRX – How book-banning campaigns have changed the lives and education of librarians – Nicole A. Cooke, Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and a Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina, identifies the significant and socially charged work of librarians who are defending the rights of readers and …
Forbes: “Artificial intelligence is helping American cops look for “suspicious” patterns of movement, digging through license plate databases with billions of records. A drug trafficking case in New York has uncloaked — and challenged — one of the biggest rollouts of the controversial technology to date… Rekor’s big sell is that its software doesn’t require …
9to5Google: “Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing AI experience has long been locked to its own Edge browser, but now support for Google Chrome is available. Bing AI in Google Chrome is now live for most users, and works as you’d expect. Heading to bing.com and clicking on the “Chat” icon in the top left corner of the …
Chronotrains: “This map shows you how far you can travel from each station in Europe in less than 8 hours. Hover your mouse on the map to see the isochrones from that city, search for a station, or click on one of the examples below.” Explore all European stations on the interactive map
“Data is critical to providing information on how climate change affects Americans nationwide. This includes heat. Recently, the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau released estimates for heat that identifies areas across the country that are socially vulnerable to extreme heat. This data comes at a critical time as many parts of our nation face this …
Rowan Philp, GIJN senior reporter: “…In a recent article for the Columbia Journalism Review, Schellmann, Kapoor, and Dallas Morning News reporter Ari Sen explained that AI “machine learning” systems are neither sentient nor independent. Instead, these systems differ from past computer models because, rather than following a set of digital rules, they can “recognize patterns …
MakeUseOf: “You don’t know when you might need an instruction manual to run a device. Have you ever gone searching for a manual only to find it gone? With the amount of technology in our lives, it’s hard to keep track of every instruction manual. Don’t worry. Most recent manuals exist online. All it takes …
German Foreign Office.: Climate & Conflict. What is the relation between climate change and violent conflicts? Which role do socio-economic scope conditions play in exacerbating climate impact? How can we allow analysts and policymaker to make better decisions — based on heterogenous, multi-faceted information sources?…we are currently investigating dynamic, data-driven hotspot detection as well as …
OECD Employment Outlook 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Labour Market – Artificial intelligence, job quality and inclusiveness. Andrew Green Angelica Salvi del Pero Annelore Verhagen. OECD e-library. “For many workers, the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) will be visible not in terms of lost employment but through changes in the tasks they perform at work …
“A new report – Capital markets: The hidden pipeline for fossil fuel financing by the Sierra Club’s Fossil-Free Finance campaign on the role of big US banks in capital markets reveals a hidden pipeline for fossil fuel financing through the banks’ underwriting of bonds and equities for polluting companies. The analysis raises important questions about …
